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Overhead setting drill for youth volleyball

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In short

Overhead setting is a beginner-level volleyball drill. Setting is the softest and most precise touch in volleyball. Your hands make a window and the ball goes exactly where you point them. It builds hands, accuracy and footwork. It needs volleyball and wall, and can be done in a gym. This page lists 5 numbered steps and 3 common mistakes with their fixes. The demonstration video is AI-generated.

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What does the overhead setting drill build?

  • hands
  • accuracy
  • footwork

Quick facts

Sport
Volleyball
Level
beginner
Equipment
volleyball and wall
Space needed
gym

How do you do the overhead setting drill?

  1. Get under it

    Move so the ball is dropping onto your forehead, not out in front of you.

  2. Make the window

    Hands above your forehead with thumbs and pointer fingers forming a triangle you can see through.

  3. Soft fingers

    Contact with the pads of your fingers, never your palms. Quiet hands.

  4. Push through

    Extend your legs and arms together toward your target.

  5. Finish pointing

    End with arms extended and fingers pointed where the ball went.

What are the most common overhead setting mistakes?

  • Mistake

    Ball hitting your palms

    Fix

    Contact only with the pads of your fingers.

  • Mistake

    Setting from in front of your face

    Fix

    Move your feet and get all the way underneath it.

  • Mistake

    Using arms only

    Fix

    Push with your legs at the same time.

Who demonstrates this drill?

Koach Sol, an AI-generated coach character

Koach Sol AI coach

Platform and hands. Control before power.

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